Word: elys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mike Dee, sporting his form of old, brought the Crimson to within one with a decision in the closing minute over 150-pound Eli Cliff Wilson, but the meet would never be that close again as Yale's superior depth in the higher weights proved to be too much for Harvard...
Yale's Marty Schwartz decisioned 158-pound Jim Corcoran, while Jim McEwan cradled a disbelieving Bruce Johnson at 167 for three more Eli points...
Peter Owen and captain Brad Wilson led Harvard to victory over Yale, with Owen collecting the game-winner on a rebound at 19:37 of the final period. Wilson had knotted the score with four minutes remaining by beating Eli goalie Rich Koziak on a shorthanded breakaway...
...Died. Eli M. Black, 53, chairman of United Brands Co., a $2 billion conglomerate; in a 44-story plunge from his office in Manhattan's Pan Am Building. An ordained rabbi before going into business, Black in 1967 acquired John Morrell & Co., an ailing $800 million meat packer, which he merged with United Fruit Co. in 1970. Throughout 1974 a series of crises bled Black's empire: hurricanes wrecked Honduran banana plantations, Central American governments imposed heavy export taxes, and the cost of feeding cattle skyrocketed. Since November, when United Brands reported losing over $40 million...
...Eli's starting five is not big and it will look to muzzle Harvard's height advantage by employing a zone, the nemesis of the Crimson's offense this year. However, Sanders said the team is prepared. "We've started to get better movement with the ball to catch the zone off balance. Our strength all season has been inside and I think our big men will be able to effectively make use of their size tonight," he said...